Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
BACE~GROUND OF THE INVENTI02~
Over the years, scientists have sough~ to grow animal cells
in completely chemically defined culture media. However, for
adequate growth, nearly all types of animal cells require not
only a good chemically defined basal medium but, in addition,
néed a supplement of some naturally occuring biological fluid
or tissue extrack. These complex supplaments have variously con-
sisted o~ lymph, e~bryo extract, spinal fluid, skim milk, colos-
trum, blood plasma or blood serum~ B'ecause of its potency,
availability and stabili~y, bovine serum, particularly fetal
bovine serum has become the most widely used supplement ~or cell
culture. Fetal Bovine Serum known as FBS, is used as a supple-
ment on a large scale in the areas of research, diagnostics, and
the production o~ human and veterinary biolocJicals. In North
America, several larqe corporations a~d many smaller companies,
in association with the meat packing industry, collectively
produce an estimated 150,000 litres of fetal bovine serum per
annum. This quantity is produced from not less than about 300iOOO
litres o whole fetal blood. Thus, in the processing of whole
blood to serum, on any scal~ whatever, the yield of serum is only
45 to 50~ ~y volume of the original whole blood.
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Bovine sera are generally produced from carefully drawn
and collected whcle blood from adult, calf, or fetal animals.
Following the natural clottin~ processes, which may take several
hours at 4C, the serum is separated and the residual clot is
discarded, as described for example in U.S. Patent ~Jo. 3,429,~67.
However, under less stringent bovine blood collection conditions,
as when shed blood is taken at the time of slaughter, a quite
different kind of clot is formed. In this situation, during ex-
sanguination of the ox carcass, tissue juices from the slashed
neck become admixed with the flowing blood and ~he mixture sets
instantly to a rubbery, semi-solid, intractable mass. Such
butchering clots are wasted at abattoirs but are an excellent
source of growth-promoting materials according to the present
invention. Therefore, in what follows, residual bovine blood
clots from conventional serum processing as well as butchering
bovine blood clots, inclusively, are the startin~ materials for
the present invention.
DESCRIP?IO~ OF THE I~E~ITIOr`~
~ he applicants have now discovered that the hitherto dis-
carded clot material obtained in the production of bovine blood
clots from butcherin~ may be procesqed to recover a potent growth-
promoting material havin~ superior cell growth-promoting charac-
teristics even by com~arison with FBS as a supplement to basal
tissue culture media. In addition, the newly discovered material
may be used, not only alone a~ such a supplement but may be com-
bined ~Jith FBS thus augmentin~ the yield from whole fetal blood to
a significent extent. It may also be combined with other supple-
ments such as adult bovine serum or adult blood clot extract or
othex~.
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In addition, the novel supplement referred to may ~e obtained
from adult, calf or fetal bovine clot material separately and com-
bined as desired, or the various types of clots ma~ be combined
prior to extraction.
According to the presen~ invention, the treatment of clotted
material, either in the case of clotted whole blood or of clots
separated from blood following the separation of serum, has been
found to permit the recovery of an optimum proportion of the
growth promoting material present in blood, whether adult, calf
or fetal. In the case of clotted whole blood wherein the clotting
process is allowed to procead immediately without precautions to
delay clotting to separate serum, the present process has been found
to recover the ~rowth promoting content of the serum and the clot
material in a single procedure. In the case of a process wherein
serum is produced separately by separation from clotted blood, it
is necessary to carry out the procedure in a manner which will
avoid premature clotting to permit separation and recovery of the
serurn. The separated clots are then treated in accordance with
the present invention.
Thus, according to the present invention, there has been dis-
covered a process which permits the recovery from hovine blood
clots of 40-50% of the original blood volume of potent cJrowth-pro-
moting material. This additional yield of growth-promoting mater-
ial consists of 20-25~ by volume of the inseparable bovine serum
occluded within the clot together with 20~25% by volume of hitherto
unused grcwth-promoting factors present in and intxinsic to the
clot~. The growth-promoting material of the present invention
appears to be one or more growth factors (chemical entities pro-
motinc3 attac~nent, anabolic reaction~ and mitosis) which act
s~nergistically to prc>mote overall cell proli~eration. The
growth-promoting material prepared accordinq to the present in~en-
tion is intended to be used direc-ly as a supplement for cell culture
without further concentration or purification.
Operationally in the industry, whole ~ovine adult or calf
blood is collected either from standing herds (donor animals) or
from animals for slaughter at selected abattoirs. Whole fetal
bovine blood, however, is collected exclusively at abattoirs
from the fetuses of healthy gravid cows. Fresh whole blood is
withdrawn aseptically into sterile 500 ml. or other convenient
size, vacutainer blood bottles. Lhe bottles are i~nediately
chilled when the natural clotting process is completed in a
few hours. When serum is to be separated first, the sterile
clotted blood is centrifuged in the original blood bottles at
about 1500 ~.P.~. Lhe supernatant serum comprising about 50~
by volume of the ori~inal whole blood is aspirated from above
the centrifuged clot for further processing using well known
procedures. The rasidual bovine blood clots normally discarded
in the original blood collection bottles may be starting material
for the present invention.
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hlternati~ely, when bovine serum production is not the primar~
objective, whole adult or calf blood frorn slaughtered ca~tle
may be merely collected under sanitary conditions. The resultar.t
butchering clot, from which there i5 no possibilty to prepare
serum, is an equally good startinq material for the present
invention.
It has been discovered that when one volume of sterile
physiological saline solution buffered between pH 7.2 to 7.4
is added to one volume of blood clot and the contents are
co.~minuted, mixed, and stored at 4C for 24 to 48 hours, a
suspension rich in growth-promoting material is produced.
That is to say, by the present invention through processes of
clot retraction, syneresis, and diffusion into the buffered
saline solut~on, clot occluded blood serum and clot intrinsic
growth factors pass into solution. After 24 to 48 hours at
4C, the infusion may be centrifuged in the original bottle at
about 1500 ~.P.M., and the supernatant growth-promoting material
aspirated off aseptically for further processing. To optimize
th~ yield, the rcmaining centrifuged, comminuted bovine hlood
clot may be re-extracted in the same way. The protein content
of the supernatant from the first extraction is always about
50~ le5s than the correspondin~ serum protein content. The
supexnatants from the first and second extraction, whose protein
content may be as low as 75% less than the corresponding serum
protein content, may be combined aseptically and stor~d in the
frozen state pending fur~her processing. A third extraction
of the clot centrifugate has been attemped ~ut i5 of no practic~l
~alue.
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Proper comminution of the starting material (hovine b100d
clots) was found to bP of critical importance. ~nfusion of the
intact clot with buffered saline was ineffective. The use of
sterile kni~es, Waring blenders, freeze-thaw cycles etc. released
too much hemoglobin from r~d cells into solution. Linear stain-
less steel wire drawn through the clot caused the least rupture of
red cells with adequate clot disruption. The final method
adopted for clot comminution was the use of small stainless
steel wire ~hisks (chef's or kitchen type) fitted into the chuck
of a variable speed stirring motor. Immediately following
dilution of the blood clot with sterile phosphate buffered saline,
-the clot may be rapidly comminuted by means of such a sterile
wire whisk rota~ing at low speed with high tor~ue. The use of
wire screens is ~lso possible. Thus, it became apparent that
sharp-edged cutting devices could not be used and that cutting
means having smoothly rounded edges were required.
Various infusion media were also tried. Freshly distilled
sterile water caused excessive hemolysis with release of too
much hemoglobin. Physiological saline (0.9% sodium chloride)
was better, but the most efficient infusion medium was a
phosphate buffered saline formulation such as one described by
Dulbecco et al; J. Exp. Med. 99, 167, 1954, at a pH from 7 to 9
but preferabl~ pH 7.2 to 7.4. This balanced s~lt solution
may be sterilized by autoclaving or preferably by pressure
filtration through an 0.22 micron membrane or cartridge~ The
sterile phosphate buffered saline solution may be dispensed
rapidly from a single large container into the bottles contain-
ing the residual centrifuged blood clots. Thorough comminution
and mi~.ing is achieved at once, as mentioned above. The bottles
are resealed under laminar flow and removed to 4C for the
infu~ion ~e~iod.
Several bo~les ~r se-Jer~1 hundred ~o~les c,ln ~e prep~rf~d
for infusion t 4~C. The bottles may be centrifuged ~t about
1500 R.P~M~ in a Beckman model J-6B or In~ernational No. 2 Msdel
K centrifuge. Following centrifugation, th~ supernatan~ growtn-
pxomoting material may be aspirated aseptically into sterile
4 litre serum bottles according to well known procedures. The
contents of the 4 litre bottle are mixed and a 50 ml sample
withdrawn for the required sublot testing. The remaining approxi-
mately 3.5 litres is frozen at -20C until sufficient material
is accumulated for a master lot (about 100 to 250 litres).
The centrifugate may be re-extracted with an equal volume of
phosphate buffered saline and the cycle repeated to maximize
the yield of growth-promoting material. When hundreds of
original infusion bottles are to be centrifugea, the contents
of the blood bottles may be transferred aseptically to a
sterile ~stainless stezl) tank and the contents clarified by
continuous flow centrifugation. The sterile supernatant is
collected in another tank and sampl~d for testing as before.
The bulk pool is stored at -20C for final processing while
the centrifugate may be re-extracted once more with an equal
volume of phosphate buffered saline and the cycle repeated.
For final processing on either moderate or large scale,
the procedures are the same. The final pool is mixed, the
pH and osmolality checked, and the pool is sequentially press-
ure clarified through a Seitz~type depth filter then dire~tly
thrvugh a pleated fil~ membrane ~uch as a Gelman 8.0 to 0.45
micron "Serum~' cartridge, and finally through a Pall membrane
0.22 micron cartridg~ into a sterile receiving tank. Finally,
the bulk filled grow~h-promoting material is sampled for the
requi~ite ~ests and filled over aseptically in suitabl~ portion~
in s~;erile type I gla~5 containers by well known procedures.
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The final product is an optically clear, red coloured, isotsnic,
solution ~"ith a protein content ~f approximately 2 to 3~ w/v.
In summary, therefore, a preferred process for producing
cell growth material from bovine blood clots including fetal
bovine blood clots under aseptic conditions comprises;
1. Adding one volume of phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.2
7.4 to one volume of bovine biood clot in the original
blood bottle.
2. Mechanical comminution of the clot or coagulum and mixing
of the contents.
3. Infusion at 4C for 24 to 48 hours.
4. Centrifugation at 1500 R.P.M., 45 minutes.
5. Aspiration o~ the growth-promoting ma~erial (the supernatant
fluid).
6. Re-extraction of the centrifugate according to steps 1,2
and 3 above.
7. Combining the Oupernatants into suitable sublot pools,
storing at -20 C.
8. Testing of samples from sublots.
9. Combining suitable sublots in a final pool, followed by
sequential clarification through a Seitz filter than Gelman
and Pall membrane or cartridge filter sterilization.
10. The final pool is sampled for the requisite tests ang filled
over into type I glass containers, and stored at -20 C until
the time of use.
By these means, a grow~h-promoting material having qualities
no~ ob~ained by processes described in the literature is achieved.
The compositions comprising the unique cell growth-promoting
material prepared as described above, and free of extraneous
substances, possess potent growth-promoting activity greatly in
excess of the hornologous serum prepared from the same whole blood
or ~ood serum from any cornmercial source, (based upon equal
protein content).
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Demonstrations of the uniqueness and effecti~eness o the
compositions in promoting the growth of various cell types ma~
be shown by the hereinafter described physical, chemical, and
cell culture experiments. In the cell growth comparison example,
the new growth-promoting compositions derived from adult, calf
and fetal bovine blood clo~s are presented. Suitable controls
using homologous serum from the same original whole blood or
our best grade of heterologous fetal bovine serum were use2
in the same basal medium. Representative cells tested include
primary monkey kidney cells, human diploid cell strain WI-38,
ard the Vero monkey Xidney cell line.
Representative nutrient chemically defined basal medium
CMRL-1969, Healy et al; Appl. Microbiol., 21; 1, 1971; (CMRL-1969,
available from Connaught Laboratories Ltd., Toronto, Ontario.)
~as used throughout the experiments. It should be noted that
the cell growth-promoting material has been coded and sent to
participating laboratories to be used in their cell systems. They
reported similar resul~s with other cell types and with Eagle's
minimum escential medium, Eagle, Science 130; 432, l9S9 as the
basal medium which can be obtained commercially (e.g. Grand
Island Biological Co., Grand Island, N.Y. or KoC~ Biological Inc.,
Lennox, Kansas). Other basal Media as described in the art ma
also be used, for example, those described in Paul, "Cell and
Tissue Culture" 5th ed.(E. and S. Livingstone Ltd~, Edinburgh)
1975, Chapter VI and Appendix I.
In the quan~itative growl:h tests performed in our own
laboratories and reported here, replicate 25 cm2 Cor~ing tissue
culture flasks are prepared each containing 250,000 cells.
Culture flasks are prepared in t~iplicate for each treatment.
The treatments are: the addition of basal medium crARL-l969
(no additives, control); basal medium C.~RL-1969 + 20% clot
extract; basal medium CMRL-1969 +10% bovine serum. Following
seven days incubation at 37C, the re?licate cultures are
harvested by well known procedures and the entire population
of cells enumerated. The fold increase in cell numbers during
7 days is then calculated. The tables and legends are self
explanatory. The followiny examples illustrate the present
invention, but are not to be construed as limiting:
EXAMPLE I
This example relates to the following:
1. P. comparison of adult boYine serum and the adult clot
extract growth-promoting material (first clot extract)
prepared according to the present invention from the
same original batch of whole adult bovine blood.
2. The relative growth achieved with these supplements in
basal medium CMRL-156g on primary monkey kidney cells,
(epithelial cells).
NOTE:
Original volume of whole adult bovine blood 10.S litres
`~ield of adult bovine serum 4.9 litres (total protein
6~ ~1/V).
Yield of growth-promoting material (first c~ot extrac~)
5.0 litres (total protein 3.0% w/v).
(Second clot extraction not performed).
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Table I
Average Yi~ld of Primary Monkey Kidne~ Cells, (Cerocopithec-~s
aethiops) from Replicate Cultures Grown for 7 days in Basal Medi~-m
CMRL-1969 with Aduit Bovine Serum and Adult Bovine Clot Extract.
Basal Medium ~old Increase
CMRL-1969 Supplement Level in Cell
By Volume by Volume Populakion 7
Days
90% Adult Bovine Serum 8.6 X
10%
80% Adult Bovine Clot 27.0 X
Extract 20%~
100% None 1.4 X
Basal Medium Control
* The volume of the clot extract ~3~ protein), supplement was
adjusted to be equivalent to the whole serum volume (10 ml
at 6% protein).
EX~MPLE II
This example relates to the following:
1. A comparison of fetal bovine serum, adult bovine serum,
and adult and the growth-promoting material (first clot
extract~ prepared according to the present invention from
the same original batch of whole adult bovine blood.
2. rrhe relative growth achieved with these supplements at
three dif~erent levels in the same basal medium with the
human diploid cell strain WI-38 cells, (fibroblast cells).
MO~E:
A = Fetal bovine serum 4.0% total protein
= Adult bovine serum 7.0~ total protein
C = Adult bovine clot extract 3.5~ total protein.
Table 2
Growth of WI-38 Cells in Ba,sal ~edium CMRL-1969 alon
and CMRL-1969 with Various Suppl~ements. Replicate 2
cultures were sgeded with 2 x 10 cells/flask (25 cm )
incuba~ed at 37 C and the cells counted on day 6.
BASAL SUPPLEME~T NUMBER FOLD
CMRL-1969 ~ BY OF INCREASE
BY VOLUME VOLUME PASSAGES OF CELL
POPULATIO~
4.9X
A 98~ 2 2
95% 5 3 12.9X
90% 10 3 20.2X
B98% 2 3 7.8X
95% 5 3 ll.lX
90% 10 3 14.9X
C96~ 4* 3 17.7X
90% 10* 3 31.5X.
80% 20~ 3 36.0X
100% 0 1 1.4X
Clot extract added at double the serum volumes to compensate
for its lower protein content. (20 ml clot extract at 3.5%
protein = 10 ml adult serum at 7% protein.
EXAMPLE III
This example relates to the following:
1. A comparison of a leading commercial fetal bovine serum,
A; fetal bovine serum, B; fetal bovine clot extract, C.
Suppl~rnents B and C were prepared in the inventors'
laboratory according to the present invention from the
same original whole fetal bovine blood.
2. The relative gro~7th achieved with these 3 supplements at
the sarne level in basal medium CMRL-1969
~IOTE:
A - fetal bovine serum 3.9% total protein
B - fetal bovine serum 4.3% total protein
C - invention fetal clot extract 2.1~ total protein
Table 3
Growth of I~I-38 Cells in Basal ~qedium CMRL-1969 alone.
supplemented with: Commercial Fetal Bovine Serum, Dextran
Products Ltd. Fetal Bovine Serum and ~omologous Fe~al Bovine
Clot Extract Replicate cultures seeded with 2 x 10 cells/
flash (25 cm~), incubated at 37C, and the cells enumerated
on day 7. Single passag~.
BASAL FOL3 INC~EASE
CMRL-1969 SUPPLr.~lENT IM CELL
BY VOLUME POPULATION 7
DAYS
A 90% Fetal Bovine 8X
Serum 10%
B 90% Fetal Bovine 14X
Serum 10%
C 80% Fetal Bovine 29X
Clot ~xtract
20%*
100~ None (control) 1.3X
* mhe volume of the clot extract (2~ protein) Supplement was
adjusted to be equivalent in protein content to the fetal
bovine serum volume (10 ml at 4% protein).
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EX~`lPLE IV
This example relates to the followin~:
1. I~hole fetal bovine blood (19 litres) from which fetal
bovine serum was prepared by conventional methods and the
growth-promoting material (first clot extract) was pre-
pared from the residual clots according to the present
invention. In this example, the centrifu~ate from the
first clot extraction was re-extracted according to the
present invention to produce the growth-promoting material
(second clot extract) in order to maximize the yield.
2. The relative growth achieved with these supplements in
basal medium C.~L-1969 on the African Green ~onkey kidney
continuous cell line Vero, (epithelial cells).
NOTE:
Original Volume of whole fetal ~ovine blood 19 litres.
Yield of fetal bovine serum 9 litres, (total protein
4~ w/v).
Yield of growth-promoting material (first clot extract)
10 litres ~total protein 1.9% w/v).
Yield of growth-promoting material (second clot extract)
10 litres (total protein 0.9% w/v).
Table 4
~rowth of Vero Cells in Basal ~ledium CMRB-1969 Alone,
Supplement~d with Dextran Products, Ltd. Fetal Bovine
Serum, Homologous First Fetal 30vine Clot Extract and
Homologous Second Fetal Bovine Clot Extract. Replicate
Cultures seeded with 2 x 10~ cells/flash (25 cm2),
incubated at 37C and the cell populations enumerated on
day 7.
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BASAL ~EDIurl SUPPLE~ENT FOLD I~CP~AS~
C~IP~L-1969 L~V~L IN CELL
BY VOLUME BY VOLU~E POPULATIOM 7
D~YS
90% Fetal Bovine 12,~
Serum 10%
(Source B)
30~ Invention - 16X
First Clot
Extract 20%
60% Invention 15X
Second Clot
Extxact 40%
100% 0 (Control) 1.5X
* Volume of clot extract (2% protein) adjusted to be equivalent
in protein content to the ~BS (10 ml at 4% protein)
~X~IPLE V
This example relates to the following:
1. ~lhole bovine calf blood was collected at an approved
abattoir under sanitary conditions from calves at slaughter.
T~e resultant butchering clots, approximately 2 litres
each contained in sterile 4-1/2 lltre wide mouth bottles were
remcved to the laboratory. The firm clots were dispersed
in equal volume of phosphate buffered saline, according
to the present invention, without thP preliminary separation
of the calf serum. The centrifugate from the first butcher-
ing clot extract was re-extracted according to the present
in~Jen'cion to produce a ~econd bu'cchering clot extract.
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2. The relative growth achieved with these supplements in
basal medium CMRL-1969 on the African Green Monkey kidne~
continuous cell line Vero (epithelial cells).
NOTE:
Original volume of fresh clotted whole calf blood 20
litres.
Yield of calf serum 0 litres.
Yield of growth-promoting material (first clot extract)
10 litres, (total protein 2.5~ w/v).
Yield of growth-promoting material (second clot extract)
8.5 litres, total protein (1.8~ w/v).
Table 5
Growth of Vero cells in basal mediu~ C~I~L-1969 alone,
Supplemented ~lith Dextran Products Ltd. fetal bovine serum,
supplemented with the first clot extract, and supplemented
with the se~ond clot extract. ~.eplicate cultures seeded
with 2 x 10~ cells/flask (25cm2), incubated at 37C and
the cell populations enumera~ed on day 7.
BASAL MEDIUM SUPPLE~IENT FOLD INCPEASE
C~RL-1969 LEYE~ I~ CELL
BY VOLUME BY VOLUME POPULATIONS
84% Invention - 37X
First Clot
Extract 16%
BASAL MEDIU~ SUPPLEMENT FOLD INCREASE
Cr~RL~196g LEVEL IN CELL
BY VOLUME BY VOLUME POPULATIONS
7 DAYS
78~ Invention - 37X
Second Clot
Extract 22~
90% Fetal Bovine 20X
Serum 10%
100% 0 (Control) 1.5
In this example, the relative growth of the Vero cells, or
the cell yields showed the following data:
PO. ULATION FOLD INC. DO[~LI~G
rlEDIU~I INITI}~L (I) FI~`IAL (F) ~/I= mI~E
HOU~S
Ext. '~2 2 x 105 7.5 x 106 37X 12
Ext. ~1 2 x 105 5 x 106 25Y, 12
FBS 2 x 105 4 x 106 20X 15-1/2
As the data illustrates, it is possible to achieve maximum cell
yields - nearly twice the number of cells with extract "2 as with
top grade fetal bovine serum, and 4~ hours sooner. In order to
make a viral vaccine commercially, a manufacturer should be able
to obtain at least 10 population doublings durin~ three successive
subcultivations o~ his cells, over 3 weeks, or a 7 day cycle.
With extract #2, this could be achieved in 13 days (4 doublings/5
days f 4 doublings/5 days + 2 doublings/3 days.
A~ the foregoing examples illustrate, the clot extracts
demonstrate a high degree of cell growth by comparison with the
controls and adult serum of FBS.
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In Example I, Table 1, the hish degree of growth~promoting
activity of adult clot extract by comparison with adult bovine
serum is clearly demonstrated with primary monkey kidney cells.
In Example II, Table 2, the adult bovine clot extract
shows a high degree of growth-promoting activity with human
deploid cells compared to both adult and fetal bovine serum.
In Example III, Table 3, significantly greater growth-
response with human diploid cells is obvious from the first
exfract of the bovine fetal clot material compared with the
control and with two samples of fetal bovine serum from different
sources.
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Example IV, Table 4, shows the superior activity of 'he
first and second fetal clot extracfs over fetal bovin serum
extracted from the same sample of whole fetal blood, with African
Green Monkey ~idney cells.
Example V, Table 5, shows the superior growth activity of
first and second butchering clot extracts over fetal bovine serum
as supplements (same protein contents) to basal medium CMRL-
1369. ~his example illustrates that when required, potent clot
extracts can be prepared from freshly clotted abattoir blood
without the intermediate production of bovine serum.
Summarizing the procedures and examples, the raw material
for the production of bovine se~rum for cell culture purposes
is normal whole blood taken without anticoagulants or other
additives. Following the natural clotting process and ~he aseptic
removal of the supernatant serum (50~ by volume), the residue,
(50% by volume), consists of about 1/5 by volum~ entrained serum,
and 4/5 coagulum or clot. These relationships obtain for fetal,
calf and adult bovine blood clot residues. The infusions of
the clot residues, following clarification by filtration or
centrifugation consist of a phosphate buffered balanced salt
solution containing 20% occluded bovine serum from the clot and
80% complex clot components which in the present invention arc
called growth-promoting material or briefly "clot extrac~."
~rom dose response da~a, it is calculated that the overall
growth-promoting activities of the classes of ingredients in
the culture medium are as described in the above examples are
a~ ~5110'~
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1. Basal Medium CMRL~1969 1.~ X
2. Residual 4 to 5 ml ad-llt or fetal
bovine seru~ in the extract 11.1 X
3. Active principl~s in the actual
clot extract 23.5 X
TOTA~ 36.0 X
Or, put in another way, ~he relative growth responses
shown by ~hP examples are: basal medium CMRL-1969 4~, adult
or fetal bovine serum 31%, intrinsic adult or fetal bovine
clot factors 65%. Of course, wi~h other basal media, cells, and
conditions, the proportions would vary but the same type of
inorease in growth-promotion would be shown by the applicant's
product.
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From many dialysis and sephade~ exclusion chromatography
experiments, we can state categorically that none of the biological
activities reside in the low molecular weight fractions of clot
extract but remain with the macromolecules.
That the composition of the growth-promoting material
~clot extract~ differs from whole serum is readily shown by
zonal e~ectrophoresis of adult or fe~al bovine serum, adult or
~etal bovine clot extracts in the same agarose gel. Clot extracts
are characterized by a prominent electrophoretic pre-beta bandWhich
is unique and is a reliable "marker" for clot extracts.
Although either of the adult, calf or fetal bovine clot
extracts m~y be utilized separately, they may also be com~ined
with each other in any desired proportion, or ~hey may be
com~ined with adult, calf or fetal bovine sera or with o~b~r
supplements.
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